Dressmaker&#39;s stand.



M. STALDER.

DYRESSMAKER'S STAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAY n, 1918.

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DRESSMAKERS STAND.

APPLICATION FILED MAYII. I918.

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Patented Feb. 11, 1919 2 SHEETS MARY STALDER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

DRESSMAKERS STAND.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, MARY S'rALDER, a citlzen of the Swiss Confederation, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Dressmakers Stands, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention has to do with certain improvements in dressmakers" stands and the like, such as are used to facilitate the fitting (if dresses and skirts. One of the objects of the invention is to provide a stand or cabinet fOr this purpose which may, when out of use, be folded up into a very compact structur Another object is to provide a cabinet or stand of very simple design and construction and one which can be cheaply produced or manufactured.

Another object is to provide for the accommodation of a chest of drawers within the cabinet, if desired, said drawers, when so used, occupying space which would otherwise be unoccupied or wasted. a i

' Other objects and uses of the invention will appear from a detailed description of the same, which consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure 1' shows a perspective of the back portion of a cabinet Or stand, embodying the features of the present invention, the same being folded up;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the stand when opened, looking toward the front portion thereof;

Fig. 3 shows a plan view of the stand in open position;

Fig. 4 shows a front elevation of the stand in closed position;

Fig. 5 shows a fragmentary horizontal section through one of the clips which connect the hem bar to the adjacent vertical be they may be folded against the side walls Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Feb. 11, leis.

Application filed May 11, 1918. Serial No. 233,841.

thereof in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and 4:.

A platform 13 has its front edge hinged to the upperrear edge of the boxlike structure, so that it may be folded over to lie against the top thereof in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 4, or may be opened out into the horizontal position shown in Figs. 2 and 3 to lie against and be supported upon the wings 11 and 12. When so supported, it will provide a platform of sufficient size to readily accommodate the person whose dress is being fitted.

Ordinarily the treads of the several steps 8 and 9 will project a slight distance beyond the side faces of the cabinet, but certain of them, as well as the risers, should be cut away in'the manner clearly illustrated in Fig. 2, to accommodate the wings 11 and 12 when folded forwardly, so that said wings will lie flat against the sides of the cabinet. The wings at such time will lie underneath the tread of the step 10. I When the platform 13 is folded forward in the manner shown in Figs. 1 and 4 to lie against the tread of the step 10, its front portion will project beyond said 'trea'd. There will then exist between the platform and thewings a 1 space or clearance equal to the thickness of the tread 10. In order to fill in such space,

I provide bars or rails 14 and 15 on the side portions of the platform 13, said bars or rails being properly located and of proper size to fill in the space aforementioned in the manner clearly illustrated in Figs. 1 and i. These bars or rails will also constitute side out into operative position- It is to be observed that a considerable space is contained within the main portion of the cabinet and beneath the several steps 8, 9 and 10. If desired, drawers 16, 17 and 18 may be located in the cabinet, worldng from the maximum size permissible according to the tread beneath which it is produced. If it be not desired to make actual use of this space for this purpose, then blank drawers may be painted or molded into the back wall of the stand so as to give the same a finished appearance when folded up in the manner shown in Fig. 1. In either case, the cabinet or stand will present the appearance of a small chest of drawers.

In order to facilitate the fitting of a skirt guards for the platform when it is opened the back wall thereof, each drawer being of and the proper location of thehemv on the lower edge thereof, I have provideda pain of side bars 19 and 20 in conjunction with a curved hem bar 21. The side b'a'rs' are se-- cured to the platform 13, and the hem bar is adjustably connected to the side bars at whatever elevation may be desired. In Fig. 2 only one end of'the hem bar is shown as being connected to one of the side bars, the other end of the hem being free. Suitable clips 22 are provided for adjustably connecting the hem bar to the side bars, thumb screws 23' serving to lock the clips at the correct position on said bars.

When the stand is to be folded up, both ends of the hem bar 21 should be connected I into the respective clips 22, and at such time the hem bar should he slid downas close to the platform 13 as possible. Thereupon, when the-platform is folded forwardly, the side bars 19 and 20 will move down adjacent to the side. portions of the cabinet and close thereto, so that upon folding the wings 11, and 12 forwardly they will lie up close to the sidebars as is clearly shown in Fig.4. It is" to be observed in thisconnection that the widthof the cabinet should besubstantially .the same as the distance between the side bars, and the distance between the side bars-,should' be substantially correct for the convenient manipulation of the skirt during the process of fitting the hem. I

The manner in which the hem bar maybe used, is. clearly shown in Fig; 2. It is slid around into one of the clips 22- and released a from'the other one so as to expose its end portion 24'. Then the lower portion of theskirt 25 (whichis shown in fragmentary 7 form. in Fig.1 2) is folded up over the hem bar and-basted or pinned along the :line of stitching 26, the basting continuing-in the direction toward the fastened or secured end of the hem bar, and the basted skirt-being. gradually slid-along the hembartowardthe free or unsecured end thereof, from which the hemmed portion is delivered.

I claim: 1. A stand for the purpose specified comprising, in combination, a cabinet having a series of steps of progressively increasingelevation, a wing hinged to each vertical rear-edge thereof and adapted to. fold for Copies, of this patent may be obtained for folded" forwardly, and the wings having when the platform; isfolded, forwardly ,over the steps aforesaideand -a,wing vertically, f hinged to therearportion of; each side of the cabinet and adapted,,iwhen extended rear-1 f wardly against the corresponding sidewall er the cabinet, a platformhiiigedjtothe upper rear edge of the cabinet and adapted to fold' forwardly 'over the steps thereof, the platform being, of width substantially equal to the'over'all width measured to the outside surfaces of the wings when they are their upper edgesof elevation suitable to support the platform when the wings and platform are extended rearwardly,: a guard V rail on eachside of the platform located in position; to alinei; with the corresponding wing when the wings are extended forwardly:;at; the sidesof the cabinetandthe platform-is? folded forwardly over the steps, i

and each guardrail being ofrver ticaldimen if sion substantiallyequal to the distance betweenjthe uppeluedge of the corresponding wing, and the downwardly facing surface such time, substantially t of the platform at as described. V

2. A stand for the purpose specified comprising, in' combination, a-jcabinet having 1 a series of steps of; graduated elevation, a

platform hingedato the upper rear,edge

thereof andadaptedto fold forwardly over I the steps of thecabinet,; a pair of sidebars secured to the platform at right anglesr, A

thereto and substantiallylinyline" with the "outsid'eisurfaces of the cabinet andad'aptedp I to closely embrace the cabinet-betweenthem.

wardly, to supportythe platform, and, when foldedforwardly, tolie adjacent to the-side 9th 7 wall of the cabinet-, scribed. c

3. A dressmakers stand comprising,.in combination, a cabinethaving auseries of steps of progressively increasi-ng elevation,

substantially as (18w I when extended rearwardly, to sup])0.1ft. the"v MARY sTA nEni fivecents each,- by addressing the Commissionerof Patents, washington hc. i i

a platform hinged to the upper edge there 5 of, a, wing vertically'hingedto each side of the rear portion of the cabinet andadapted, 

